When the Aghlabid dynasty won Sicily from the Byzantines, what was the result?
A) Sicily developed a thriving society that passed on Muslim scholarship to Europeans.
B) Christians were slaughtered and forbidden to practice their religion.
C) The victory solidified the Aghlabid dynasty's hold on Northern Africa for centuries.
D) The Abbasids, threatened by the move, counterattacked the Aghlabids.
E) Pope Urban II demanded that the Franks help him liberate Sicily.
Answer: A
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